The room was lit with a lot of butter candles, and the lights were bright.

As soon as Shen Yun stepped into the ear room, he only heard a soft "bang", and the little guy on the side closed the door and smiled at him in a friendly manner.

In the corner of the room, a small bronze animal head incense burner, green smoke curling, the whole house is filled with a faint sandalwood fragrance.

At the signal of the little servant, he carefully bypassed the screen.

I saw several sets of antique brown tables and chairs in the room, and a kang table was placed on the innermost kang.

There were two people sitting on the side of the kang, one of them was Elder Tian Yingtian, who was holding a steaming teacup, and the other was a blue-shirted disciple, who had never seen it, as if he was seriously recording something.

Seeing Elder Tian beckoning, Shen Yun hurriedly stepped forward and stood respectfully.

After some time.

Shen Yun, who was confused, walked out of the corner door on the other side under the guidance of the little maid, and then heard the voice of summoning the next boy from inside.

Is this the end? What kind of test is this?

Shen Yun felt very confused, it didn't look like a test at all just now, Elder Tian kept asking this and that, such as whether he had practiced martial arts, how long he exercised every day, and so on.

After asking, he was asked to demonstrate various practice postures, including meditation, and at the end, Elder Tian pinched his arms and thighs. And the blue-shirted disciple surnamed Li never said a word, and carefully recorded something.

If it was really a test, he would be relieved, but now that he asked like this, he felt unreliable for a while.

The moonlight was dark, and the corridors were full of red lanterns, and the shadows of the trees in the corridors were heavy, and the breeze blew, and their own shadows shook on the ground.

The little guy who led the way took Shen Yun and walked towards a brightly lit inner hall.

The inner hall is very spacious, and there are huge candles with the thickness of arms lit everywhere.

There were some temporary benches on the ground, and the ten boys who had entered before were sitting there in a well-behaved manner.

Probably due to the fact that there were two blue-shirted swordsmen sitting on each side, or because these boys wanted to make a good impression on the Jade Hall, there was no one in the entire hall, and it seemed unusually quiet.

Instead, there was a low voice in the distance.

Guo Long was naturally also in the hall, and when he saw Shen Yun, he nodded, which was regarded as a greeting, and then continued to look at his nose and nose, and look like a mud bodhisattva.

Several top-ranked boys turned around and glanced at Shen Yun with contempt.

This made Shen Yun's originally uneasy mood worse, he sighed secretly, and sat still.

For a while, he felt that he would be chosen by the elders, and then he worked hard to learn kung fu, become a master, and laugh proudly, and for a while, he thought that he could not pass the test, and he was alone, saying goodbye to Guo Long, and walking back alone.

In the mood of suffering from gains and losses, I don't know how long it took, I heard the voice of people, and when I looked up, it turned out that all the boys had come in.

It was the one who was in charge of recording in the ear room, the young man surnamed Li and the young scholar, discussing something in a low voice.

After a while, the young man surnamed Li took out a piece of paper, cleared his throat, and saw that all the boys were looking at him, so he said loudly: "Next, stand up and follow me." ”

Then the registration began, and Huo Ran was in the top eight on the list.

Shen Yun was like a basin of cold water poured from head to toe, and lamented in his heart, Li Yan's kid really has an inside story.

Almost all of them were overjoyed and in high spirits, while the rest of the boys were dejected and listless.

Guo Long looked anxious at this time, but he was helpless.

Seeing this, Shen Yun nodded slightly at Guo Long, barely squeezing out a smile, signaling that he didn't have to care.

But when I saw a group of eight people walking out towards the corner gate on the west side, I didn't feel good in my heart. The servants don't do it, so let's go back to the mountain temple and stay for a while.

Suddenly, the young scholar coughed lightly, and when he saw everyone's eyes turning, he spoke.

"You're not mistaken, the eight of them have passed the test. With a slight smile, he said, "However, I have good news for you. ”

"Since the Rejuvenation Pavilion has just been established this year, Elder Wu needs to recruit four medicine boys, so there is another round of tests next, and four children will be selected to serve as medicine boys, and the treatment is exactly the same as the eight just now, they are all registered disciples. ”

The young scholar's words immediately caused a commotion below, although no one dared to speak, but the children were all in high spirits.

Seeing that there was still a chance, Shen Yun also showed a smile.

"My name is Chen Xu, you can call me Dr. Chen. The young scholar's sharp eyes swept around.

"Back then, I also started as a medicine boy, and only later did I become a formal disciple, so as long as you work hard, there is nothing you can't do. ”

When the young scholar said this, the boys' eyes lit up, and they suddenly saw hope and the future.

"However, I would like to say that being a medicine boy is very hard. If you feel that you can't bear this hardship and want to give up, you can bring it up now, and I will send someone to send you down the mountain immediately. ”

These children are all children of poor families, and they are afraid of suffering.

Chen Xu nodded slightly, his face softened slightly, and said, "Okay, get up and line up, come with me." ”

In the opposite direction of Guo Long and the others, they walked towards the corner gate to the east.

Along the cloister covered with lanterns, the group bends in the east and west.

I walked up a green brick path again, and finally came to a round moon gate. The Moon Gate is not equipped with a gate, only a doorway, which appears empty.

Shen Yun looked up and saw the three big characters "Rejuvenation Pavilion" written on the door plaque.

Entering the Moon Gate, it is a small courtyard, in the middle of the courtyard is a round stone flower bed with a radius of several zhang and a height of more than three feet, and a tall elm tree is planted in the middle.

Along the flower bed is a circular cobblestone path, two longitudinal bluestone roads lead directly to the circular path, dividing the entire courtyard into four pieces, several green areas are planted with all kinds of flowers and trees, and the flowers are not yet in full bloom in early spring.

On the left and right are rows of low houses, with several large red lanterns hanging under the eaves.

The group walked to the hut to the northeast.

A breeze blew, bringing a faint fragrance of herbs, and it was obvious that there was a medicine garden behind the Moon Gate in the north.

With a "squeak", Chen Xu pushed open the door, and the candlelight suddenly shone out.

There were a lot of candles lit inside, illuminating the hut, and several waiting servants jumped up from the ground.

What made Shen Yun curious was that the furnishings of this cottage were like a private school, with three rows of twelve sets of small brown tables and chairs, and a lectern at the top.

Chen Xu walked alone to sit down on the Taishi chair behind the lectern, and waited for the boy to sit down, and then began to speak: "The test is divided into two parts, namely literacy and herbal medicine. ”

The two servants immediately hung up a wooden board with ten sheets of white paper written in large black letters.

By the candlelight, several children below silently recited their voices.

"Silence!" Chen Xu swept his eyes and snorted coldly.

The room instantly became silent, except for the occasional "pop" of the lights.

Chen Xu pointed out to everyone word by word, and then asked the little servant to put away the plank, and took out ten kinds of medicinal materials, and also taught everyone to identify them, and put them away again.

"Next, the name is called and the one comes into the room. ”

With that, he lifted the curtain and stepped into the small room behind the podium.

"Luo Yuan. ”

It was the little fat man that Shen Yun knew in Guanshu Town at the beginning, and immediately walked in quickly when he heard the words.

After a while, Luo Yuan came out, and Chen Xu called for another person to go in.

Finally, it was Shen Yun's turn, took a deep breath, and walked to open the curtain.

A lectern, Chen Xu sat upright, two candles, the light was dim and unclear.

Maybe it's because Shen Yun came to run, these ten words are very simple, plus I already know a few of them, so the answer is word-for-word; herbs originally knew several kinds, but they were unknown in the past, but it didn't affect the identification, probably the wrong one.

Shen Yun obviously felt that Chen Xu's eyes softened a lot when he saw him, and he was secretly happy in his heart.

The boys were constantly called in, and when they came out, they had different expressions.

Finally, the test is over.

Chen Xu walked leisurely to the lectern, facing everyone, his face could not distinguish between joy and anger under the candlelight.

I only heard him cough lightly and announced, "Shen Yun, Luo Yuan, Niu Jinjin, and Guan Hu have passed." ”

The four boys immediately smiled, and the rest of the people looked discouraged.

Chen Xu added: "Don't be discouraged if you don't pass, there will be a chance to stay after you go out for a while." ”

Despite this, the faces of the six people who did not pass were still very ugly, and they gradually left under the guidance of the little guy.

"Okay, from now on, you are the registered disciples of my Tangram Gang. Seeing that the irrelevant people were leaving, Chen Xu looked at the first four people.

"Wu Changlong is a famous miracle doctor of the Qiqiao Gang, following him is also your blessing, usually remember that the Rejuvenation Pavilion is not allowed to make loud noises. ”

"If you disturb Elder Wu, no one will be able to save you. The cold tone made Shen Yun and the others secretly frightened.

Then, Chen Xu announced some daily precautions, as well as homework arrangements during the day, and then took them to the row of houses on the west side, which was the dormitory area.

As soon as the Rejuvenation Pavilion was established, apart from Elder Wu and Chen Xu, there were only these four newly recruited medicine boys.

There were so many rooms that everyone was assigned a separate bedroom, and Shen Yun's room was the first one in the northwest corner.

The noisy day finally passed, and Shen Yun closed the door.

Sitting alone on the wide windowsill with his knees crossed, looking out at the woodland through the curtain.

The sound of insects of different lengths everywhere came and went.

Turning his gaze to the house, the interior was simply furnished, with two new wooden beds facing the window at the innermost side, exuding the fragrance of tung oil, one of which was covered with a new futon, and a set of neatly folded gray cloth clothes were placed next to the pillow.

Under the windowsill, there is a set of tables and stools similar to those in the "private school", on which a small white candle is lit.

Shen Yun suddenly felt a strange emotion in his heart.

"Am I a gang kid now?"

No shouting with excitement, no dancing with joy.

Chen Xu's previous words lingered in his mind, and there was a homework arrangement every day, in addition to practicing boxing, the medicine boy also had homework such as literacy, medicine collection, and acupuncture.

Shen Yun took out a small gray cloth bag from his arms, opened the package, and took out the "Martial Arts Secret Book".

The eyes shoot a look of expectation, perhaps, soon, you will be able to recognize enough words to learn this internal skill.

"Tomorrow will be a new beginning!"